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J. GEORGE. Fertilizer and Manure Distributar.

No. 230,871. Patented Aug. 10, 1880 Unwrap dramas Parent @rrrca.

JACOB GEORGE, OF NORTH LIBERTY, IOWA.

FERTHJZER ANDlVlANURE. DISTRIBUTER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 230,871, dated August 10, 1880.

Application filed February 24, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JACOB Gnonen,

in the county of Johnson and 4 State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fertilizer and Manure Distributors; and 1110 hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this speci- North Liberty,

thereof,

fication.

This invention relates to wagons for carrying and distributing resume or fertilizers.

The bed of the wagon is an endless apron mounted onsuitable shafts at the ends, and intermediately supported on longitudinal rails At the rear open end of the box is mounted a transverse shaft, having its axis higher than the bed, bearing long curved teeth extending to the rear end of the bed, and called the dis- Saidshaft is actu-\ atcd from the rear wheel or wheels of the apand, in turn, aetu-' ates the apron-bed through the medium of a The spreader is into or out of gear at the pleasure of the driver through a lever at the front end of the box and a spring-clutch on the distributor-shaft suitably connected with said sustained from the sides of the box.

tributer or spreader.

paratus by a belt or chain,

crank-lever and ratchet.

adapted to be thrown leyer.

, For barn-yard nanurc the bare apron-bed, consisting of transverse slats fixed at suitable intervals to sprocket-chains, is used; but in the distribution of lime and'pulverulent feroverthc' slats,

iitg barn-yard manure tated in the same in the opposite direction.

The teeth of ble and reversible.

My invention th fefore consists, first, in n bed an d arotating spreader,with the means for actuating the same; second, in the devices whereby the stroke of the operating-lever and the rapidity of the feed are va- 4 5 endless-apron ried as required.

tilizers al dontinuous covering of canvas is put movable therewith. In spreadthe spreadershaft is ro direction with the bed; but in distributing pulvcrulent material it is run the spreader are made detaclla- :0 Qtheiflfeatures of the apparatus will be hereinafter described, and those believed to be of my invention will be pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a' side elevation of the apparatus. Figs. 2 and 3 are elevations of the opposite rear sides. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal central vertical section. Fig. 5 is a transverse section in the line 3 y of Fig. 1, and Figs. 6, 7, and 8 are details.

A is the box. B are the rear wheels, permanently attached thereto, and C the front wheels, which may be those of an ordinary lumberwag'on transferred to this apparatus when it is to be used.

H (seen in sistingof the endless apron formed of transverse slats l l, secured to marginal chains which engage with the sprocket-wheels P P on the shafts c. The rear shaft, 0, is adjustable by means of the exterior slotted bearing-blocks, d, movably fastened to the outside of the box. Between the shafts a the apron is sustained upon longitudinal rails n, supported by crossbars 022.

E is a distributor,

Figs. 4 and one the bed, conconsisting of the shaft s, mounted across the rear of the box, and liav- 75 ing curved teeth t, extending nearly to the rear end of the apron. On one end of the sh aft 8, and outside the box A, is a pulley; a, taking a driving-belt from the pulley D fixed to the wheel B.

The apron-bed is driven to carry the contents of the'wagon backward tobe acted upon by the distributor by means of the devices shown in Fig. 2, wherein r is a ratchet fixed to the rear shaft, 0. F is a lever pivoted upon said shaft. G is a rod connecting the lever with the plate 6 upon the shaft 8. p is a pawl, pivoted to theglever F in position to actuate the ratchet r. and p is a retaining-pawl fixed to the box, and also engaging said ratchet.

The plate e is provided with several'holes, 13, and the lever has also, preferably, a number of holes, i, whereby the stroke of the lever F, and ,the rapidity of the feed, therefore, may be va- ,ried according to the nature of the material or 9 5 t e quantity required to be distributed. The rod G has its ends bent at right angles to enter the holes, and is held in place by nuts or keys. 7

The bed and distributor are thrown into or too out of action at the will of the driver by the following devices: The pulley a is loose, and has longitudinal movement on the shafts, and

it engages the pin (finned in the shaft by the slotted hub a.

A spring, f, interposed between the pulley and the box, serves to maintain engagement of the pulley with 'the pin, unless the pulley be forcibly thrown inward. For the latter mpurpose I employ the pivoted lever g, engagrunning over the pulley h fixed to the box.

By throwing the lever L forward the lever g is drawn inward, disconnecting the pulley u. from the pin a. A projection, a, on the fixed plate T serves to lock the lever to hold the pulley a out of engagement with its shaft.

The teeth t of the spreader are placed, say, six inches apart (more or less) througl'lout the length of the shaft 8, between the sides of the box A. They are made detachable and reversible, being preferably provided with a shoulder, n, and a shank threaded to receive the nut w.

The shaft .9 maybe notched transversely at the holes 0 as seen at 0 Fi s. 6 and 8, to ado mit the shoulder upon the tooth to prevent its turning. A sharp bend in the tooth at 1 provides a suflicient shoulder for this purpose, as seen in Fig. 8.

ln distributing barn-yard manure it is pro posed that the spreader E shall rotate in the direction shown in Fig. l-that is, the lower teeth moving in opposition to the movement of the bed, so that the manure is lifted on the inner teeth and thrown over the spreader) .0 By this means the material is more completely broken and more widely spread.

in spreading pulverized material the distributor is run as shown in Fig. 3-, and prefer-. ably at a rather high velocity relative to the 5 movement of the bed, in order to thoroughly scatter the same.

For pulvernlent substances the slatted bed is covered by an endless apron oi.'canvas,-

(seen plainly at l in Fig. 5,) fitting the same closely and carried with it. a little above the canvas the rails R R, preferably narrower. than indicated, may be either fastened tot he box or hung removably therein by rods hooked over the top'of the box, for the purpose of preventing the escape of the material.

By removing the spreader E or its teeth the wagon becomes useful in carrying earth in makin and repairing roadways.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. The combination, in a fertilizer or manure distributor having an endless-apron bed, of a rotating spreader, a connectingrod, a p'rvoted' lever, and a ratchet mechanism, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the spreader actuated from the wheel B, and with the endlessapron bed H, of the lever F, ra'tchet r,'and pawlp, operated from the shaft of the spreader, substantially as described.

In combination with the boXAand open or slatted bed H, the canvas l, applied to the bed, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4s- The combinatioinwith a revolving-spreader of a fertilizer or manure distributor, of the disk 0, with adjusting means, pivoted lever F, with adjusting means, and a connecting-rod, whereby the stroke of the operating-lever and the rapidity of the feed are varied according to the nature of the material or the quantity to be distributed, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB bnonenf Witnesses:

M. E. DAYTON, Jesse Cox, Jr.

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